The chemotherapy drug cisplatin is found to break down in the body according to 1st order kinetics. The rate constant for this reaction at body temperature is 1.87×10-3 min-1. Starting with a cisplatin concentration in the body of 5.00×10-4 M: What will the cisplatin concentration be after 16.0 hours? ___ M How long will it take for the cisplatin concentration to reach 2.00×10-4 M? ____ min

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The chemotherapy drug cisplatin is found to break down in the body according to 1st order kinetics. The rate constant for this reaction at body temperature is 1.87×10-3 min-1.

Starting with a cisplatin concentration in the body of 5.00×10-4 M:

What will the cisplatin concentration be after 16.0 hours? ___ M

How long will it take for the cisplatin concentration to reach 2.00×10-4 M? ____ min

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